HC TPS

TPS
City Turku
League Liiga
Founded 1922 (1922)
Home arena Gatorade Center
Colours Black, white
         
Owner(s) TPS Turku ry (37%)
VMP Oy
Miikka Kiprusoff
TS-Yhtymä
Mikko and Saku Koivu
General manager Mika Eskola
Head coach Kalle Kaskinen
Captain Tomi Kallio
Championships 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Website hc.tps.fi
Franchise history
1922–present TPS
Active departments of
Turun Palloseura
Floorball Football Ice hockey

TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at the Gatorade Center. In terms of championships, TPS is the all-time most successful team in the 1975-founded SM-liiga alongside with Tappara which also has 10 titles.

Team history

TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is HC TPS Turku Oy.

TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles when SM-sarja also counts. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to a total of six championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won 2 Finnish Cups, a European Cup: 1994, a European Hockey League: 1997 and a Super Cup in 1997.

Vladimir Yurzinov used to be the coach of TPS in 1992–98. The team is currently coached by Kalle Kaskinen.

NHL players from TPS include Saku Koivu, Mikko Koivu, Miikka Kiprusoff, Sami Salo, Petteri Nummelin, Niko Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Antero Niittymäki, Lauri Korpikoski, Mikko Rantanen and others.

Players

Current roster

Updated September 25, 2014.[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
20 Finland Niklas Friman D L 25 2011 Rauma, Finland
40 Finland Niko Karhu D L 25 2012 Turku, Finland
10 Finland Otto Karvinen RW L 28 2014 Vantaa, Finland
26 Finland Miro Keskitalo D L 22 2014 Vantaa, Finland
60 Finland Tero Koskiranta (A) C L 34 2012 Paimio, Finland
56 Finland Rasmus Kulmala LW L 24 2011 Alastaro, Finland
17 Lithuania Tadas Kumeliauskas C R 27 2013 Elektrėnai, Lithuania
19 United States Ryan Lasch RW R 31 2014 Lake Forest, California
35 Finland Teemu Lassila G L 35 2014 Helsinki, Finland
55 Finland Teemu Lämsä C R 22 2013 Turku, Finland
54 Finland Mikko Lehtonen D L 24 2011 Turku, Finland
46 Finland Jasper Lindsten C L 24 2012 Salo, Finland
63 Finland Niclas Lucenius C L 29 2013 Turku, Finland
4 Czech Republic Tomas Mojzis D L 36 2014 Kolín, Czechoslovakia
87 Czech Republic Jakub Nakladal D R 30 2014 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
3 Finland Petteri Nummelin (C) D L 45 2014 Turku, Finland
84 Finland Ilkka Pikkarainen RW R 37 2014 Sonkajärvi, Finland
47 Finland Matias Pulli D R 23 2013 Raisio, Finland
96 Finland Mikko Rantanen RW L 21 2012 Nousiainen, Finland
45 Finland Niklas Salo F L 24 2013 Somero, Finland
22 Finland Markus Seikola D R 36 2013 Laitila, Finland
70 Czech Republic Radek Smolenak LW L 31 2014 Prague, Czechoslovakia
29 Finland Matias Sointu LW L 28 2013 Tampere, Finland
32 Finland Lauri Tukonen (A) LW R 32 2014 Hyvinkää, Finland
27 Finland Marko Virtala (A) C/RW L 33 2010 Uusikaupunki, Finland
25 Finland Veli-Matti Vittasmäki D L 28 2008 Turku, Finland
18 Finland Julius Vähätalo C/LW L 23 2013 Vahto, Finland

Staff

  • Head Coach: Kalle Kaskinen Finland
  • Assistant Coach: Kimmo Rintanen Finland
  • Assistant Coach: Sami Salo Finland
  • Goaltending Coach: Fredrik Norrena Finland
  • Physical Coach: Timo Kujanen Finland
  • Video Coach: Mikael Tolkki Finland
  • General Manager: Mika Eskola Finland

Honored numbers

Notable alumni

Seasonal history

Season by Season records
SeasonGPWLDOTWPGFGACoachFinal position
1940–417070005238th
1941–42 No season completed due to war
1942–4375110112392nd
1943–447511011298No season completed due to war
1944–45852101127174th
1945–4683410730486th
1946–4783500642766th
1947–4860600012747th
1948–49 Didn't compete on the top level
1949–50 Didn't compete on the top level
1950–51 Didn't compete on the top level
1951–52 Didn't compete on the top level
1952–53107300145338Bronze
1953–54852101138294th
1954–5586110134517Esko PekkalainenSilver
1955–5686200123128Pentti LumikkoGold
1956–5786200124022Esko PekkalainenSilver
1957–588332084339Esko Pekkalainen4th
1958–59189810196753Esko Pekkalainen5th
1959–60188730196881Esko Pekkalainen6th
1960–611885502173584th
1961–6218512101152659th
1962–63 Didn't compete on the top levelNorwel Olsen
1963–641871010158060Norwel Olsen8th
1964–65189720205163Pertti Nieminen4th
1965–662010730236658Pertti Nieminen4th
1966–672215610319156Pertti NieminenSilver
1967–68205132012648210th
1968–69 Didn't compete on the top levelRauli Virtanen
1969–70221354030107674th
1970–71226142014711019th
1971–723217132036141104Juhani Wahlsten7th
1972–73369225023126182Matias Helenius9th
1973–743610206026133179Matias Helenius8th
1974–753615174034153156Reima Särös5th
1975–76362565055194113Raimo MäättänenGold
1976–773623103049187129Raimo MäättänenSilver
1977–783622113047180123Raimo MäättänenBronze
1978–793618144040144123Raimo MäättänenBronze
1979–80362664056210123Raimo Määttänen4th
1980–81362295049213141Juhani WahlstenBronze
1981–82362376052180120Juhani WahlstenSilver
1982–833618135041145131Juhani Wahlsten5th
1983–843723131047150117Matti Keinonen4th
1984–853624102050163124Matti KeinonenSilver
1985–863618135041153139Juhani Tamminen4th
1986–874422166050198194Juhani Tamminen4th
1987–884422193047206182Juhani Tamminen5th
1988–894429105063209120Hannu JortikkaGold
1989–904431103065175100Hannu JortikkaGold
1990–914427125059168109Hannu JortikkaGold
1991–924429141059181153Hannu Jortikka5th
1992–934828128064178138Vladimir YurzinovGold
1993–944834140068227124Vladimir YurzinovSilver
1994–955030173063219149Vladimir YurzinovGold
1995–965033125071216141Vladimir YurzinovSilver
1996–975032117071191105Vladimir YurzinovSilver
1997–984830126066162111Vladimir Yurzinov5th
1998–995437107081179107Hannu JortikkaGold
1999–005439105083232118Hannu JortikkaGold
2000–015636164076186115Hannu JortikkaGold
2001–025632213069154111Kari Jalonen4th
2002–035624266056138138Kari Jalonen8th
2003–045635147080169112Jukka KoivuSilver
2004–0556221618892146142Jukka Koivu6th
2005–06561423191172119135Hannu Jortikka10th
2006–0756232211686167155Hannu Jortikka9th
2007–0856182711267130164Hannu Virta10th
2008–0958212710780133159Hannu Virta until Oct 2008, after that Kai Suikkanen8th
2009–105825258689169169Kai SuikkanenGold
2010–1160123216860134186Heikki Leime until Oct 2010, then Riku-Petteri Lehtonen until Jan 2011, after that Jukka Koivu13th
2011–126021309678134180Pekka Virta10th
2012–1360122820864144181Pekka Virta until Oct 2012, after that Juha Pajuoja13th
GP=Games Played, W=Won, L=Lost, D=Draw, OTW=Wins after overtime/penalties, P=Points, GF=Goals for, GA=Goals against

Honours

Champions

Runners-up

  • 2nd, silver medalist(s)SM-liiga (11): 1943, 1955, 1957, 1967, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2004
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s)SM-liiga (4): 1953, 1978, 1979, 1981
  • 2nd, silver medalist(s) SM-sarja (4): 1943, 1955, 1957, 1967
  • 3rd, bronze medalist(s) SM-sarja (1): 1953

Finnish cup

European Cup

SM-liiga player/coach awards

Best coach

SM-liiga Best player of the season, MVP (voted by players)

Best goalie

Best defenceman

League top goalscorer

Most points in regular season

Rookie of the season

Best plus/minus

Regular season MVP (trophy awarded by the league)

Gentleman player

Playoffs MVP

Former coaches

See also

  • Category:HC TPS players

References

  1. ↑ "Joukkue - TPS" (in Finnish). hc.tps.fi. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.